Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham

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Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham is the head presiding over the Sringeri Sharada Peetham. Jagadguru (literally, teacher of the world, in Sanskrit) is a title assigned to heads of Hindu mathas. The Sharada Peetham is the Hindu Advaita matha founded by Adi Shankara in Sringeri. The present Jagadguru of the Sharada Peetham is Sri Bharati Tirtha Swaminah.

Contents 1 Guru Parampara 1.1 Divine Group 1.2 Semi-Divine Group 1.3 Jagadgurus 2 Other titles of the Jagadguru 3 See also 4 Further reading

[edit] Guru Parampara

The list of Jagadgurus given here, is as taken from the official site of the Sringeri maţha[1]. The dates refer to the period during which the maţha was governed by that particular guru.

[edit] Divine Group

• Lord Sadashiva
• Lord Narayana
• Lord Brahma

[edit] Semi-Divine Group

• Vasishta Maharishi
• Shakti Maharishi
• Parashara Maharishi
• Veda Vyasa
• Sri Shuka Acharya
• Sri Gaudapada Acharya
• Sri Govinda Bhagavatpada
• Sri Shankara Bhagavatpada

[edit] Jagadgurus

1. Sri Shankara Bhagavatpada (? - 820) (videha-mukti)
2. Sri Sureshwaracharya (820-834)
3. Sri Nityabodaghana (834-848)
4. Sri Jnanaghana (848-910)
5. Sri Jnanotthma (910-954 )
6. Sri Jnanagiri (954-1038)
7. Sri Simhagiri (1038-1098 )
8. Sri Ishwara Tirtha (1098-1146)
9. Sri Nrusimha Tirtha (1146-1229 )
10. Sri Vidya Shankara Tirtha (1229-1333)
11. Sri Bharati Krishna Tirtha (1333-1380)
12. Sri Vidyaranya (1380-1386 )
13. Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati I (1386-1389 )
14. Sri Nrusimha Bharati I (1389-1408 )
15. Sri Purushotthama Bharati I (1408-1448 )
16. Sri Shankara Bharati (1448-1455 )
17. Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati II (1455-1464 )
18. Sri Nrusimha Bharati II (1464-1479 )
19. Sri Purushotthama Bharati II (1479-1517 )
20. Sri Ramachandra Bharati (1517-1560 )
21. Sri Nrusimha Bharati III (1560-1573 )
22. Sri Nrusimha Bharati IV (1573-1576 )
23. Sri Nrusimha Bharati V (1576-1600 )
24. Sri Abhinava Nrusimha Bharati (1600-1623 )
25. Sri Sacchidananda Bharati I (1623-1663 )
26. Sri Nrusimha Bharati VI (1663-1706 )
27. Sri Sacchidananda Bharati II (1706-1741 )
28. Sri Abhinava Sacchidananda Bharati I (1741-1767)
29. Sri Nrusimha Bharati VII (1767-1770 )
30. Sri Sacchidananda Bharati III (1770-1814)
31. Sri Abhinava Sacchidananda Bharati II (1814-1817 )
32. Sri Nrusimha Bharati VIII (1817-1879 )
33. Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrusimha Bharati (1879-1912 )
34. Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati III (1912-1954 )
35. Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha (1954-1989 )
36. Sri Bharati Tirtha (1989-Present)

[edit] Other titles of the Jagadguru

Some of the other respectful titles given to the Jagadguru include:

• Swaminah
• Mahaswami
• Jagadguru Shankaracharya

[edit] See also

• Sringeri Sharada Peetham
• Dashanami Sampradaya
• Adi Shankara

[edit] Further reading

• Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham- The official website of Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshninamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri
• Jagadgurus- Contains biographies of the last four Jagadgurus of the Sharda Peetham
• Sri Sachchidananda Bharati - 25th Pontiff at Sringeri- By R Krishnaswami Iyer (Swami Gnanananda Bharati) - Published by The Akhila Bharata Sankara Seva Samiti, Coimbatore Branch, 1967